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Friday, October 03, 2008

little bits

I just finished this quilt this afternoon. The pattern is from the book Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts. I love the simplicity, the limited color scheme, the little bits floating. I really enjoyed piecing this one. The quilting scared me, because I do not like straight line quilting, but there was more room for error than I first thought. I used 1" masking tape to mark my quilting lines, which worked like a charm. Some lines are wider than others, but it doesn't jump out like I was originally thinking it might. Whew.For the back I went to my local quilt shop and I bought the rest of the bolt of this fabric. There was barely enough for the backing....but I squeaked by with so very little waste on any of the 4 sides of the quilt. In fact, this is all the trimmings I had left......from the entire quilt. That was pretty fun for the frugal side of me. :)

Now, I'll I need to do is label this quilt and it'll be done. It measures 43" x 54".

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Thanks for all your kind words on my 400th post. I decided to pick a random number from all the comments and #3, Amy @ Park City Girl, is my winner! Amy, I'll be sending you a package of fabric soon.

I am in awe of you and all your quilts everytime I come to your blog! They are amazing! Question for you, What batting do you prefer? Does it depend on what the quilt is going to be used for? I am working on 3 quilts for christmas and don't know what to do for the batting. Thanks.

oooh I love that quilt. I have seen this book on Amazon but have not bought it as I thought it was lots of little projects, not quilts. Is this book, in your opinion worth buying. I also was thinking about the Denyse Schmidt quilt book. Any help with these. Love the label tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

I just checked out this book from the library, I don't own it. I do own the denyse schmidt quilts book, however. I got it for my birthday last year and I am constantly inspired by it when I open it. I own very very few quilt books (like 2 or 3 newer ones) and that is one of them. hope that helps!

You are such an inspiration! I love this quilt! I have followed your blog for a while and you have given me such great ideas. I have 3 young boys so don't get much sewing in can't wait until I have more time to try out some of the ideas you have shared.

I am now convinced you are a machine and have been programmed to create beautiful things at such an accelerated rate the rest of us can only mumble and drool in awe.This is the only reason I can come up with to explain the envy I am feeling right now. Carry on, Crafty Wonder Woman.

Hi aj...I have to agree with Leslie (above) who just happens to be my youngest daughter;) You and your quilts are very inspirational! She left out the part that she's new, this year, to quilting and that the three quilts she's working on are the first quilts that she's made. One of them is her own design and I have suggest that she take pictures of the whole process and posts them on her blog. She's amazing!

Everything you do, I always just love. I particularly like the colors this time. Oh, and thanks for the checkbook tutorial....how easy is that? And so cute! I will be posting on it later probably next week after my swap partner gets her package.

yes, I did put the masking tape right on the quilt top. then I sewed close to the edges of either side, moved the tape over and repeated the process several times. It was nice, because I could use the same piece of tape many times before it wouldn't stick any more.

let me know if you have any further questions about this...I'd be happy to answer them. :)

I too have made this quilt. I made mine out out of black and red. I had it done in like an afternoon all but the quilting that is. I even had enough left over to make a pillow case. What a fun pattern. Now if I would just get it quilted.